AI-native radio frequency satellite infrastructure, provided through a network of nano satellites. The goal is to provide clients in industries across maritime, aviation, defence, oil & gas and weather forecasting low-latency, high precision insights with 6x more data value per dollar, by capturing the entire radio spectrum compared to legacy satellites which are optical only (i.e. only capture images). The company is focused on getting to its first in-orbit mission. As mentioned in their pre-seed round: "images cannot track moving assets like ships or aircraft. Today, companies take four to four-and-a-half hours to reach a decision. We bring that down to under ten minutes". This is a $2M (~₹18.7CR) round led by Ashish Kacholia with participation from IPV. The company raised its $2.5M pre-seed round in Aug 2025, led by Piper Serica Angel Fund along with Turbostart, IPV and Eaglewings Ventures. Founded in Oct 2018, Bangalore based. Founders: Ankit (Kurekshetra Univ. '15) and Raghav (NIT Jalandhar '13) started Xovian Research Tech in 2014, a space-tech consulting firm in 2014. They started Xovian Aerospace in 2018.

AI-powered platform for early screening and therapy management of neurodevelopmental disorders including autism and ADHD. The company uses dual-AI (voice and vision) to provide a comprehensive view of a child’s speech patterns as well as facial expressions, eye gaze, and behaviours based on 189+ clinically validated criteria. A human in the loop ensures accuracy. The system is designed to save 70% of assessment time, enabling clinicians to handle a higher volume of patients while ensuring accuracy. It is used across schools, hospitals, private practices and daycare centres. $175K pre-seed round led by IPV. It has also received ₹25 lakh under the Nidhi Seed Support Scheme from GHRTBI. Part of the 4th cohort of IPV IdeaSchool. Founded in October 2024, Noida based. Founders: CEO Sahil (Galgotias LLB; Univ. of Maryland) started out the Indian National Bar Association and Lawyered (legal-tech startup) before setting up his own investment bank; Chief Medical Officer Prachi (Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, BS (Audiology and Speech) is a speech thereapaist with a decade of clinical experience; CTO/CIO Vasyl (Kyiv National Economic University, Ukraine) was Co-Founder & CTO at Xpand Outreach (Israel)

AI powered engineering intelligence software to help manufacturers improve decision making across design, production and costing. The company enables automated drawing reviews, cost estimation and real-time production monitoring. It works with 20 customers (including pilots and commercial deployments), with auto component makers and industrial suppliers. The company will expand beyond India to MENA and North America. Seed round of an undisclosed amount from undisclosed investors. Founded in Apr 2025, Chennai based. Founders: CEO Raghu (IIT Madras '91, IIM Ahmedabad '93) founded Buddhi Clinic (neuropsychiatric care center) and was Business Head for Paints, E-Drives and Small Agricultural Machines at Simpson & Co. (diesel engine manufacturer); CRO Arvindh (IIT Madras '91, University of Minnesota '93) was at Oracle in the US for over 15 years; CPO Srihari (Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology '09) was Founder & CEO of Factri (tech services for manufacturing) and of Stigmergy Solutions (manufacturing process improvement); no information available on COO Suneel Aiyer.

AI-native fraud intelligence and risk infrastructure platform for financial institutions and digital marketplaces. It works with over 20 banks, fintechs and marketplaces, and focuses on real-time fraud detection and risk scoring. $1.5M (~₹14.2CR) round. Angels in the round: Rajesh Sawhney (GSF), Dinesh Agarwal (ndiaMart), Anup Agarwal (Kiwi), Vinay Bagri (Niyo). Founded in Jul 2021, Gurgaon based. Founders: Co-Founder & CEO Arvinder (IIT Delhi '12) was a product manager at Zupee; Co-Founder & Chief Data Scientist was a data scientist at Zupee, Goldman Sachs and Flipkart.

AI-native digital lending infrastructure for banks and NBFCs. Clients can configure, launch, and manage complex lending products independently, without change requests, IT dependencies, or implementation delays. The company process ₹2 lakh crore in AUM across multiple financial institutions, and will now enter MENA and North America. $3M seed round. Founded in Sep 2020, Chennai based. Chairman, Hari (IIT Kanpur '75; IIM Calcutta '77) is Chairman and Co-Founder of Indus OS. He was Deputy MD for 3i Infotech and the founder of UAE based ERP platform INSYST Technologies.

SEBI-RIA AI wealth platform for tracking investments, expenses and taxes, pulling in information from banks, brokerages and mutual funds. The platform provides NovaAI, its AI wealth advisor, and a Pro membership for deeper portfolio and Mutual Fund advisory. Operates on a zero-commission, fee-only model. 30K app downloads. $1.5M seed round. Founded in Apr 2024, Bangalore based. Founders: CEO Naveen (HR College '15; IIM Ahmedabad '19) was on the investment team at Miras and at NIIF; Sajal (IIT Delhi '16) was an algorithmic trader; Apurva (Harcourt Butler Technological Institute, Kanpur; ISB) was an Associate Partner at McKinsey in Dubai.

Full-stack AI app builder that turns natural-language prompts into production-grade software with backend infrastructure and code ownership. The platform has a deterministic orchestration layer. When a user describes their app, the platform maps intent into a structured intermediate builder state, and generates backend code. Pre-seed round of an undisclosed amount. Founded in Jun 2023, Noida based. Founders: CEO Akshay (IEC College '17) set up IT services firm NovoStack in 2016; CTO Akshansh (also IEC College '17) was a senior engineer at NovoStack for seven years.

Conversational AI for residential real estate operators (particularly student housing operators), across voice, chat, text and email. It helps property owners manage leasing, ops and resident engagement, with each agent trained for a specific function, in over 200 languages. For example, agents qualify leads, answer queries, schedule viewings, automate follow-ups, handle maintenance requests and update records. Present in the UK, Europe and more recently in the US. It powers 200K units globally, with 30K units added a month, across operators such as Homes for Students (HFS), Moda Living, Fusion Students, Housing Hand, Downing and 40 other customers. $7M seed round. Other investors in the round: Old College Capital. $2.5M pre-seed in Dec 2024 from the Downing Family. Founded in Jul 2024, London and Delhi based. Founders: CEO Sayantan (IIT Roorkee) built out university student focused platforms UniAcco (connecting students and property managers); UniCreds (student financing) and UniScholars (study abroad counselling from 2019-2024; CTO Abhishek (also IIT Roorkee, '13) was an Engineering Manager at Vymo; COO VP Singh (IIT Roorkee '15) was Head of Client Operations at Lavanda (flexible rentals platform) and was Co-Founder & COO of Fella Homes, which was acquired by ZiffyHomes; CBO Dan (Loughborough University) was Co-Founder of Good Management Group (ESG consultancy) and Chief Partnerships Officer at Dorms.com (hostel booking). He served as Managing Director of student housing chain Nido.

AI-driven marketing operating system for enterprise B2B teams, which aligns marketing, sales and customer success for a defined set of customer accounts. The company combines AI-driven orchestration with execution support to help companies convert intent signals into revenue outcomes. Its customers include Airtel Business, Rootstock, Lighmetrics, both in India and the US. $6.6M round. Other investors in the round: Uncorrelated, HAF. Founded in Jan 2021, Bangalore based. Founders: CEO Ankur (IIT Delhi; ISB '04) was CRO at Capillary Technologies, and is ex-SAP and TCS; co-founder Divyesh (IIT Kanpur '01; Schulich School of Business - York University MBA '07) was Director-Engineering at Zycus (agentic AI for procurement) and is ex-Aptean.

High-fidelity voice AI agents for call centres, aiming to handle nuanced communications inside existing SaaS stacks. Part of the Accel Atoms AI Cohort 2026. The company will receive up to $2M in funding, split equally between Accel and the Google AI Futures Fund. It will also receive $350K in credits across Google Cloud/Gemini/DeepMind. Founded in Dec 2025, Bangalore/LA based. Founder & CEO Utkarsh (Australian National Univ. '20) built an IT consulting business in Dubai for two years before starting up.